My MVP Lead gave me an idea for a
Naked Browser Test.
Microsoft has claimed that
IE8 is faster than Firefox or Chrome.
What is your personal experience? Is it really?
Compare it with Firefox / Chrome and/or Opera and post your results here.
1. Make sure you are running the
IE8 Release Candidate 1. To make sure that you are on this version, just go to IE Help menu and click on “About Internet Explorer” and check the version.
2. Go to Tools > Manage Add-Ons. In the Manage Add-Ons window, click on each Application and disable the add-on. You can can disable the add-on by clicking on the “Disable” button located at bottom right, once you have selected the application in the upper window.
3. Next, change the home page for the browsers, temporarily, to the same website of your choice; say
www.winvistaclub.com
4. Finally, close all the browser windows on your machine. You are all set for the challenge to start.
Browser load test:
Start both the browsers by clicking on the shortcuts on the taskbar one after the another.
Which browser did you see come up faster?
Browsing Speed test:
Type your favourite website address in notepad and copy it in memory (Ctrl + C). then in each browser, paste the URL (Ctrl+V) and press go button. Watch for the status bar at the bottom of browser window to say “
Done”.
Which browser completed loading the website first?
Lets find out ... does the Microsoft study make sense ... or not!
